1.5.2 Patch Notes 12/4/2012

Lot’s of fixes this time including 4 quickbar slots for preferred players! Bioware don’t get much love when this game is concerned, but looking at these patch notes, you can tell they are listening and reacting to community feedback.

Cartel Market

New Additions

The Covert Pilot Suit has been added to the Cartel Market! This adaptive armor can be worn by any class at level 1.

General

A confirmation dialogue is now displayed for Cartel Coin purchases made outside of the Cartel Market. It shares the same “never show again” option as the confirmation for purchases made directly from the Cartel Market.

Attempting to purchase an item or unlock your character already owns or cannot use now displays a more appropriate warning dialogue.

An issue that prevented some Cartel Market purchases from being delivered correctly has been addressed.

Several errors in the French and German Cartel Market tutorials have been corrected.

Items

Players now receive a notification when attempting to equip that bind when equipped.

The tooltip for the Ball Toss item now indicates that it cannot be used on hostile NPCs.

The Darth Malgus and Satele Shan Holostatues have had their active duration increased from 20 to 60 seconds.

Pink and purple color crystals can now be listed on the Galactic Trade Network.

Descriptions for some color crystals that were missing in French and German have been added.

Unlocks

Attempting to use the Cargo Hold: Addition Bay item without first unlocking the Cargo Hold now displays the correct error.

The tooltip for Galactic Trade Network Sale Slots now correctly states that subscribers have 100 maximum slots.

The tooltip for emotes received in Cartel Market Packs now correctly states “Applies the selected unlock to your Player Character.”

The tooltip for Guild Bank Access now clarifies that a player’s guild must have a Guild Bank for the unlock to be useful.

Tooltips for items that require the Event Equipment Requisition Authorization now update properly when the Authorization is acquired.

Classes and Combat

Jedi Consular

Shadow

Mind Maze now appears as a debuff on its target.

Sith Inquisitor

Assassin

Mind Trap now appears as a debuff on its target.

Smuggler

Scoundrel

Sleep Dart now appears as a debuff on its target.

Sawbones

Sedatives: This ability no longer generates threat.

Imperial Agent

Operative

Tranquilizer now appears as a debuff on its target.

Medicine

Sedatives: This ability no longer generates threat.

Companion Characters

HK-51

Players now receive HK-51’s starting gear in a container when they complete [HEROIC 2+] Warning: Rivals Detected (Republic) or [HEROIC 2+] Alert: Hostiles Imminent (Imperial). All characters that previously obtained HK-51 will receive this container in the mail.

HK-51’s portrait now displays correctly in the companion window for Republic characters.

Crew Skills

Players no longer receive materials for an entire stack of certain items when reverse engineering only part of the stack.

Flashpoints and Operations

Operations

Operation phase entrances now correctly change from orange to purple for players who purchase Weekly Pass: Operations while in a group.

Explosive Conflict

The damage dealt by Firebrand and Stormcaller in 16-player Nightmare Mode has been slightly reduced, and their enrage timer has been lengthened.

During the Minefield encounter in Nightmare Mode, the Imperial Demolitions Probe now utilizes Overload’s knockback effect as intended.

Zorn’s “Tracked” buff now displays its description in the French and German clients.

Terror From Beyond

Operator IX is no longer targetable until its spawn animation has completed.

In Hard Mode, the ground target effect on players targeted by Operator IX’s “Delete” ability now more accurately matches the distance players must be within to activate the shield buff.

Kephess the Undying once again drops Armoring 26 items.

Group Finder

Players no longer lose their Group Finder daily mission (and thus its rewards) when reconnecting to the game while their group is queued for a replacement.

Guilds

Inactive guilds no longer occasionally lose their Guild Leader.

Guild Leaders in Free-to-Play guilds can now specify security key requirements for their guild’s ranks.

A tooltip that incorrectly indicated that only guilds with a subscribing Guild Leader could display their guild tag has been corrected. Members of guilds can display their guild tag regardless of their Guild Leader’s status.

Items

Vehicle level requirements are now properly displayed in tooltips.

Legacy

The Legacy unlock “Priority Transport: Outlaw’s Den” no longer shares a cooldown with any other Priority Transport unlocks.

Missions and NPCs

World Missions

Belsavis

Section X

Several missing or incorrect voiceovers in Section X have been addressed.

March of the Dread Guard: The Shackle Remote now broadcasts the correct error message when used on invalid targets. The mission step “Return to the Mission Dropbox” now has a map note.

Targeted Misfire: Republic Marksmen now always drop Airstrike Codes.

Class Missions

Sith Inquisitor

The Prophet Arrives: Players are now appropriately awarded light side/dark side points for this mission.

NPCs

Dreadtooth’s “Shriek” buff icon is no longer displayed. Its “Electrified” effect is now properly displayed as a buff instead of as a debuff.

Space Combat

Hypori Escort: This mission no longer erroneously displays a success message upon failure.

UI

General

Abilities no longer disappear from the 5th and 6th quickslot bars when transitioning between areas.

Preferred players now have access to 4 quickslot bars by default.

The ‘Enable Focus Target’ option is once again available under the Controls section of Preferences.

Free-to-Play and Preferred players who reach level 10 while not on their Origin World now have the correct access to general chat channels.

The “Hide Head Slot” preference now persists between play sessions.

The emote menu now works properly in the French and German clients. The following emotes do not appear in the menu, but can still be used: /backflip, /superflex, /panic, /mourn, and /mock.

Item Preview

The preview window now accurately reflects the color crystal being used in an item.